Screw capped glass jars for packaging and dispensing powdery products



May 7, 1963 w. E. HORROCKS 3,088,628 SCREW CAPPED GLASS JARS FORPACKAGING AND DISPENSING POWDERY PRODUCTS Filed April 17, 1961 H I J/ I"I l t; 9:

FEE .4 y i z 1 I I I z v W l 1 I L5 //vVE/V T United tates My presentinvention relates to new and useful improvements in container assembliesfor packaging powdery substances such as powdered tea, powdered coffee,and other powdery condiments that are removed from the containers withspoons in which the bulk contents on the scoop portions of spoons arescrape measured with a disk shaped measuring device which is packagedalong with the powdery substances within the jar container structure.

This invention is an improvement over my Patent No. 2,665,029.

The important object of the invention is to provide a disk shapedmeasuring device which is designed so as to be packaged in thecontainers to scrape measure four different quantities of the packagedsubstances within the container, and in which the same quantities can besubsequently duplicated within the container.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent duringthe course of the following description when taken in conjunction withthe accompanying drawings which form a part of this application inwhich;

FIG. 1 illustrates a glass jar container structure packaged with apowdery substance together with a disk shaped measuring device that isarranged over the packaged substance with the top outlet and of the jarIbeing sealed with a thin paper sealing element extending over the topoutlet end of the jar.

FIG. 2 illustrates a disk shaped measuring device designed to initiallyscrape measure four different quantities of the packaged powderysubstances that are packaged in the jar.

FIG. 3 illustrates a metal screw cap structure having a blind washerarranged therein.

FIG. 4 illustrates a cross section through the scoop portion of a spoonas after the loaded scoop has been scraped across the recess -1 shown inthe FIG. 2.

FIG. 5 illustrates a cross section through the scoop portion of a spoonas after the loaded scoop has been scraped across the recess 2 shown inthe FIG. 2.

FIG. 6 illustrates a cross section through the scoop portion of a spoonas after the loaded scoop has been scraped across the recess 3 shown inthe FIG. 2.

FIG. 7 illustrates a cross section through the scoop portion of a spoonas after the loaded scoop has scraped across the recess 4 shown in theFIG. 2.

FIG. 8 illustrates a side view of an ordinary spoon in which the scoopportion may vary in size and shape according to the pattern of thespoon.

In the drawings wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown apreferred embodiment of my invention in which;

The FIG. 1 illustrates a jar type container structure provided with aflat faced ledge 10 and a threaded portion extending about and aroundits neck portion. The numeral 11 designates a disk shaped measuringdevice as is shown in the FIG. 2 and which is suspended on the ledge 10and extends over the powdery products that are packaged in the jar. Thenumeral 13- designates a thin paper sealing element that is arrangedacross the top edge of the jar for sealing the packaged products withinthe jar. The numerals 14 designate the oppositely arranged straightportions for guiding the scoop portions of a spoon across the recessedportions of the disk shaped measuring device. The metal screw cap shownin the FIG. 3 has a blind washer 12 arranged therein for providing aseal across the top edge of the jar as after the thin seal 13 has beenbroken or removed from the top edge of the jar.

In using the device, if a level spoonful is desired the scoop portion ofa spoon that has been loaded within the container is scraped over therecess 1, and if a full rounded spoonful is desired the scoop portion ofa spoon that has been loaded within the container is scraped over therecess 2, and if a scant rounded spoonful is desired the scoop portionof a spoon that has been loaded within the container is scraped over therecess 3, and if a heaping spoonful is desired the scoop portion of aspoon that has been loaded within the container is scraped over therecess 4, and the aforesaid spoonfulls can be duplicated by using thesame numbered recesses designated on the disk shaped measuring devicewhich is packaged in the container assemblage.

The foregoing specifications and drawings illustrate the practice of theinvention with cylindrical glass jar containers but it is intended touse the disk shaped measuring device along with other cylindricalcontainer structures which are arranged for supporting the disk shapedmeasuring device therein.

It is to be understood that slight changes and the rearrangement ofparts may be resorted to, without departing from the spirit of conceptof my invention, or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to secure by LettersPatent as new is as follows in which I claim:

1. in a hermetically sealed screw capped device which contains a powderysubstance together with a device which is designed for scrape measuringthe substances within the device into four different dispensingquantities, said device comprising in combination; a glass jar, Ia flatfaced ledge arranged within said jar below the top edge of the jar, aseparate disk shaped measuring device supported on the flat faced ledge,the measuring device having an irregular shaped aperture extendingthrough the center of the measuring device, the margin of the irregularshaped aperture designed to provide four different recesses in which onerecess is designed to scrape measure the level contacts on the scoopportion of a spoon, and one recess is designed to scrape measure thescant rounded contents on the scoop portion of a spoon, and one recessis designed to scrape measure the full rounded contents on the scoopportion of a spoon, and one recess is designed to scrape measure theheaping contents on the scoop portion of a spoon as when a spoon has itsscoop portion load-ed with the packaged substances within the jar, theoutlet of the jar being sealed with a one piece thin paper sealingelement extending over the top edge of the jar and having a metal screwcap with a blind washer arranged therein for providing a seal over thetop edge of the jar as when the thin paper seal has been broken orremoved from the top edge of the jar.

2. A scrape measuring device having a round body portion with a flatfaced top side and a hat faced bottom side terminating with a clearround border and having an irregular shaped aperture extending throughthe center of said body portion, the margin of said aperture having fourdifferent shaped recesses arranged to selectively scrape measure eitherone of four different dispensing quantities of powdery products that arepackaged in a jar with one portion of said margin having a recessdesigned to scrape measure the level contents on the scoop portion of aspoon, and one portion of said margin having a recess designed to scrapemeasure the scant rounded contents on the scoop portion of a spoon, andone portion of said margin having a recess designed to scnape measurethe full rounded contents on the scoop portion of a spoon,

and one portion of said margin having a recess designed to 5 scrapemeasure the heaping contents on the scoop portion of a spoon.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS969,845 Cronholm Sept. 13, 1910 2,094,179 Milarch Sept. 28, 19372,665,029 Horrocks Jan. 5, 1954 2,925,188 Grumbles Feb. 16, 1960

1. IN A HERMETICALLY SEALED SCREW CAPPED DEVICE WHICH CONTAINS A POWDERYSUBSTANCE TOGETHER WITH A DEVICE WHICH IS DESIGNED FOR SCRAPE MEASURINGTHE SUBSTANCES WITHIN THE DEVICE INTO FOUR DIFFERENT DISPENSINGQUANTITIES, SAID DEVICE COMPRISING IN COMBINATION; A GLASS JAR, A FLATFACED LEDGE ARRANGED WITHIN SAID JAR BELOW THE TOP EDGE OF THE JAR, ASEPARATE DISK SHAPED MEASURING DEVICE SUPPORTED ON THE FLAT FACED LEDGE,THE MEASURING DEVICE HAVING AN IRREGULAR SHAPED APERTURE EXTENDINGTHROUGH THE CENTER OF THE MEASURING DEVICE, THE MARGIN OF THE IRREGULARSHAPED APERTURE DESIGNED TO PROVIDE FOUR DIFFERENT RECESSES IN WHICH ONERECESS IS DESIGNED TO SCRAPE MEASURE THE LEVEL CONTACTS ON THE SCOOPPORTION OF A SPOON, AND ONE RECESS IS DESIGNED TO SCRAPE MEASURE THESCANT ROUNDED CONTENTS ON THE SCOOP PORTION OF A SPOON, AND ONE RECESSIS DESIGNED TO SCRAPE MEASURE THE FULL ROUNDED CONTENTS ON THE SCOOPPORTION OF A SPOON, AND ONE RECESS IS DESIGNED TO SCRAPE MEASURE THEHEAPING CONTENTS ON THE SCOOP PORTION OF A SPOON AS WHEN A SPOON HAS ITSSCOOP PORTION LOADED WITH THE PACKAGED SUBSTANCES WITHIN THE JAR, THEOUTLET OF THE JAR BEING SEALED WITH A ONE PIECE THIN PAPER SEALINGELEMENT EXTENDING OVER THE TOP EDGE OF THE JAR AND HAVING A METAL SCREWCAP WITH A BLIND WASHER ARRANGED THEREIN FOR PROVIDING A SEAL OVER THETOP EDGE OF THE JAR AS WHEN THE THIN PAPER SEAL HAS BEEN BROKEN ORREMOVED FROM THE TOP EDGE OF THE JAR.